Erismi14

@Erismi14@midwest.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes bikes⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wear a raincoat or winter jacket, much cheaper than a car.

  I have a trailer that can hold 40 kilos. That’s enough for anything I need regularly. I rent a moving van for the once in a couple year big item hauls.

  Cars spread things apart making places take long to get to not using a car.

  When you say takes long to get anywhere by bike, it is a self report you don’t live anywhere meaningful with anything fun around you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes bikes⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a disabled person, I am lucky to ride my bike. I know other disabled people who can’t. But I know plenty of disabled people who can’t drive too. When people advocate for human centric cities instead of car centric cities, disabled people benefit the human centricity. Less cars on the road makes it convenient for other disabled people to get around in there cars. Also bike lanes are wheelchair accessible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes bikes⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A car crash would injure an elderly person just as much. Cars claim they are safer by just getting bigger. But when big car hits big car, injury and death will inevitably happen

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes bikes⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What about the people who can’t even afford a car they are even worse off? Society should not waver on its social services, or sociietal norms to only meet the needs of unhoused people with cars. Many managers won’t hire housed people who don’t have a car, or even share a car with a spouse. Societally mandated car ownership just makes everyone more poor and hurts those who cannot afford a car.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes bikes⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So let’s build more urban heat islands and parking lots. Exactly what a +40 C environment needs. Biking might be unpleasant in 40 C weather, and the cyclist might get a bit sweaty, but all of the positives are true. And cars are just going to make the planet hotter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes bikes⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I bike to work when I go into the office, it’s about an 8 mile ride. I go at a speed where I’m not sweating. I’m not a pro athlete or anything either

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes bikes⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You may live in a place that is the result of building car dependent infrastructure. To achieve a “bike city” op is describing, it would take decades, if not a century in your area for it to make sense to just bike everywhere. It takes time.